Complete Weight: 1,591 kg (Max). Length: 6.52 m overall, 4.78 m (missile) 1.74 m (booster) Diameter: 0.38 m (missile), 0.55 m (booster). Warhead: 160 kg High Explosive Annular Blast-Fragmentation Warhead. Propulsion: 2 stage, boost-sustain + kick motor. Or, 3-4 stage (stretched booster), boost-sustain + kick motor. Operational Range: 190 km (standard medium variant), 300 km (long range variant), 620 km (endoatmospheric terminal phase ABM), 1,550 km (exoatmospheric midcourse phase ABM/ASM). Guidance/Seeking: Inertial, active/passive radar homing, command guidance (course adjustment capability), infrared camera. Launch Platform: Mk.41 VLS or any other compatible systems, and ground launchers of compatible size. The Lanze (Lance) Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) is a family of medium-to-long ranged missiles designed to track and destroy aircraft, strategic ordinances like ballistic missiles or long range rockets, and destroy objects in Earth orbit like satellites and intercontinental ballistic missiles. Lanze missiles are employed on naval vessels and large vehicle based launchers as part of strategic missile shields, anti-aircraft/missile shields, and anti-ballistic/intercontinental ballistic missile defense. The first in the series is the missile itself, which features fins and a missile body designed for agility and reduced air drag; this is the standard missile body, which has a range of one-hundred and ninety kilometers, making it a medium-ranged surface-to-air missile. Next is the Long Range Defense variant that features a single booster rocket that extends the range of engagement for Lanze missiles to over three-hundred kilometers. For ballistic missile defense, or long range rocket defense, the Long Range Ballistic Defense variant features the full caliber booster that extends the range of the Lanze to over six-hundred and twenty kilometers. To engage objects in orbit around the planet, the Long Range Orbital Defense variant features the same booster but an improved boost cycle that allows the Lanze to reach over one-and-a-half thousand kilometers to engage targets in Earth orbit.
As a strategic defense weapon, Lanze had to be smart as well as deadly; guidance and tracking is a must for a missile of this role, but its warhead mattered just as much. Lanze missiles are guided by inertial navigation with a dual active and passive radar system; this dual system give Lanze missiles the ability to track targets via radar signals it produces, or, detects from enemy targets. A command guidance system makes sure the missile is always on target using a stream of signals from command sources, allowing for ground operators to change target, adjust course, and cancel the attack if required. To ensure the missile does not miss its target, an infrared camera system is mounted atop the nose; this infrared seeking device ensures Lanze perfect target/decoy discrimination and clutter rejection. For destruction of the target, Lanze uses a high explosive annular blast-fragmentation warhead; the Lanze's annular warhead explodes with high-force using conventional high-explosives, which produces a ringed net of fragmentation surrounding the missile body, creating the annular shape. When detonated, the high-explosive imparts momentum to the rods, thrusting them outward in an expanding circle. The rods are sufficiently soft to allow the expansion without breaking the rods or the welded joints, and the detonation velocity is limited to under 1,150 m/s, allowing the rods to bend at these locations instead. This rapidly expanding ring, when hitting the aircraft, can be more effective than an equivalent fragmentation warhead where portions of the aircraft intercepted by the expanding ring of the continuous rod warhead will receive a continuous cut through the skin, light structure, underlying cables, hydraulic lines, and other plumbing if present. This may cause a structural failure, or, can be sufficient for defeating the redundancy of aircraft systems. The effect is only pronounced as long as the ring is unbroken, so Lanze incorporates multiple layers of rods to increase the effective radius. Lanze Missile: The base to the entire family - the Lanze missile is medium range surface-to-air missile designed to be launched from vertical launch cells and ground cradles. Lanze is propelled by a single staged solid-boost engine (with a single nozzle) and uses two sets of four fins for maneuvering; these fins are designed for absorbing the high-speed air pressure felt by long range missiles, steering the missile without causing drag on the body. Alternativley, the fins can be removed for better aerodynamics when launching the space-bound variant (since fins aren't exactly needed in space). Lanze's two stages are a boost stage and a maintenance stage; once boost is completed the missile switches to its final stage which uses a thrust boost cycle that maintains cruise speed in the mid-course phase. For fuel a solid mixture of Ammonium perchlorate propellant, aluminum powder energizer, and hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene binding solution is used; said mixture, which is used in many modern rockets, delivers better performance then its earlier competitors. The missile itself is made up of two primary sections: the cylindrical body that holds the rocket motor, fuel, and fins - and the upper half consisting of the warhead, avionics like the radar and camera tracking equipment contained behind a radome, and other command/guidance equipment. Command crew can adjust course or change target with the command chain over the missile, using said system to keep full control over what the missile does. Once in view the Lanze can visually track the enemy target and set off its warhead with calculated timing to destroy the target; crews can also guide the missile onto its last destined position or the target's calculated future position using gathered data. Once detonated, Lanze's warhead explodes into annular blast-fragmentation, creating a cone of dense fragmentation that's very capable of ripping apart aircraft and missiles alike. The idea behind the annular blast-fragmentation is to literally rip apart enemy targets causing lethal structural damage, or, creating enough structural damage that said enemy target degrades over time (and is thus destroyed over time) or is no longer a combat threat. Lanze missiles are capable of speeds of up to Mach four plus, making them faster then most aircraft and a match to any other similarly fast missile. Lanze missiles can engage targets at a range of one-hundred and ninety kilometers and launch from VLS cells or ground launch systems appropriate for them (cradle systems).
Lanze Long Range Defense: The Lanze Long Range Defense model (or Lanze-LRD for short) is an extended long range missile model built upon the original Lanze missile. LRD is intended to increase the one-hundred and ninety kilometer range to over three-hundred kilometers using a three staged booster system. This three staged design adds a paired booster system mounted onto the rear of the missile body; said booster operates on the same solid fuel the missile does, uses two nozzles, and uses controlled thrusts to sustain propulsion power. Once the rear booster is used up it will detach, igniting the primary engine and expelling the booster - said booster will fly off as the first thrust cycle of the missile body itself is launched. If the booster is still attached by time the missile is within terminal velocity of its target, the booster will detach automatically in order to kill the useless weight.
Lanze Long Range Ballistic Defense: The Lanze Long Range Ballistic Defense model (Lanze-LRBD) is an extended long range anti-ballistic missile built upon the Lanze-LRD. LRBD is designed to increase its range of engagement from three-hundred kilometers to six-hundred and twenty kilometers; this range is achieved using a three staged extended booster system. Its sole purpose is to target and destroy ballistic missiles that travel within the atmosphere, strategic long range rockets, and other long range ballistic trajectory projectiles. This three staged design adds a paired booster system mounted onto the rear of the missile body, which is extended longer then the LRD's to add the additional fuel required for longer ranged engagements; said booster operates on the same solid fuel the missile does, uses two nozzles, and uses controlled thrusts to sustain propulsion power. Once the rear booster is used up it will detach, igniting the primary engine and expelling the booster - said booster will fly off as the first thrust cycle of the missile body itself is launched. If the booster is still attached by time the missile is within terminal velocity of its target, the booster will detach automatically in order to kill the useless weight.
Lanze Long Range Orbital Defense: The Lanze Long Range Orbital Defense model (Lanze-LROD) is a long ranged exoatmospheric missile built upon further from the Lanze-LRBD. LROD is designed to engage intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) mid course as they enter an orbiting trajectory to when they later reenter the planet's atmosphere; between that point and before the ICBM begins reentering the atmosphere is when Lanze-LROD engages the target projectile. Satellites in orbit are also within the LROD's cross-hairs; with a range of over fifteen-hundred kilometers, LROD's can engage just about any satellite within orbit around the planet. To achieve this vastly large range LROD uses a four staged booster system with boost sustaining propulsion; the rear booster is extended even further then LRBD's in order to accommodate the larger fuel storage capacity. Once the rear booster is used up it will detach, igniting the primary engine and expelling the booster - said booster will fly off as the first thrust cycle of the missile body itself is launched. If the booster is still attached by time the missile is within terminal velocity of its target, the booster will detach automatically in order to kill the useless weight.. Further accuracy is attained with a system of vented 'piloted torches' - this system diverts a portion of the main motor thrust into sixteen small laterally located thrusters located along the top portion of the missile body to produce precision rotation in an orbital environment. Other models also posses this capability since these are pre-built into the missile body - this design allows earlier mentioned models to use said thrusters for course correction also.
Export The Lanze system can be purchased on the Wolf Armaments storefront page. Lanze, however, is restricted to nation customers who are deemed not an immediate threat or are at least on neutral standing with TECT. Each missile, besides the medium-range base, comes stored standard in a launch appropriate drum like container; this storage unit protects the missile and allows it to be loaded into just about any land based or sea based launching vehicle. There is currently no plans to offer domestic production licenses for the Lanze system. Prices are as follows:
Lanze Missile: $450,000 NSD per unit. Lanze-LRD: $4 Million NSD per unit. Lanze-LRBD: $4.4 Million NSD per unit. Lanze-LROD: $5 Million NSD per unit.
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